Movable-point crossing.



PATBNTED APR-1.4," 1908. W. B. 000KB. MOVABLE POINT CROSSING.

[ii/C5056 APPLIUA'I'IOH FILED APR.26,1907.

' To all whomii may concern:

UMTED .sTA' n s WARNER is. o no" F JE'NKINTOWN. rnnnsfqtvmti, AssieNon-"ro WILLIAM 'WHARToN,

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 26, 199 7. SerialHo. 870,5 18.

site'nted Be it known that l, Wineries. B. Coons, a citizen. of the United States, i'esirlingin Jen- 'kini-own, Pei'insylvanio, have invented ceritem lmprm'enien ts in Mov his ioint (hoesinns, of which the followin My invention relates to that way crossings inwhich movable point reiis are used so-thet each treclc when the points are set will' be unbroken. I

Y The 'ob'ect of my present invention is to provide t e point rails with a herd metal point of special construction which. will be more substantlgil than the ordinary points used andwluohcan be firmly secured to the ,point rails. In the accompanying drenhngs: Figure 1,

is a plan View of a c'rossin illustrating my 1 drawings and which may be nia-de'as illuminvention; Fi 2, is an en arged plan View of a, option ofthebrossing illustrated in Fig. 1; 1

3, a transverse sectional view on the line 3?;, Fig. 2 Fig. 4, is a* transverse sectional View on the line 1- 4, Fig. 2.; and Figs. 51, 6 and 7, are perspective views illustrating; details of the invention.

' A Aiare stock rails, which. are formed to produce? tlhdilk11uckl6 illustrated the I in Fi 1, and claimed Patent No,

t. 8l2;,794,igrarg ted Feb. 13, 1906, to Frank .L.

Kein'1, fdrf a movable oint'railway crossing, or in iacporcliince witi my Patent 819,520, May 1;,1906lqthmigh if desired, they may be plain fails hint tolorm theknuekie.

B,'B aret mojvable point rails terminet- .i p 111g, in the resent instance, some distance f'roz-nthe knuckle on each side and connectedtogethei' by tie rods .b, b", the rods 5, b extend beyondthe stock'iriiilsr These rods may b -40.

- any mnner desired.

coupled to switclijoperetinq mechanism in Usua lysnvh ope-retimg mechanism extends from an interlocking tower end the rails are so coupled that they I 'Will'WQIk-ifi unison, one nil .inoving .to one side oftliestructure, while the other pair is shifted t is opposite side, giving a clear, unbroken trsick for the Wheels of e can passin I ovei fthe crossing,

in Fig; 1-, the-movable points are so shift-ed that the track A I is unbroken, while the track A is broken. The point iziiis B, in the present instance, have-hard metalpointsl),

' shown in detail in Figs. 2, 3 and 4,1)refe1a-biy made of mat epose -st'ee-l.- Each mint has an extension against-which rests t U3 mil B,

hcet on. pe 01' Yeah so as to coincide with the she e of the rail,

pointsection and along a portion oi the point Titii B.

et'ween the base flange end the headi o the point section and the 'point'rail of which some pass through the rail and the rear exin Fig. 4, making ayeryrigidconsti'uction.

be etteched'to the movable point rails in any suitable menner.--

By inakin the-pointiportionof the. rails of hard inetid the breaking 'downof the oint undei i-tlie hammer blows of passing W, eels is avoided, and by roviding the rear exten side. of the point fails it allows the false flangeof a guttered'wheel to riseup the inclined"portion on to ;the extensionof-the head so as to'he. liftedi, t0""-th.e.plane' oflthe heed oi. the-track rails over which it 'will pass without. wee-15in a, "groove therein as would otherwise bet ec'ase. Further this construction efiOidsneenS for e secure attechment of the poi} t to the rail.

I"c lein1:

hina'tion, with thefknuckle fonning track some distance on eech side of-the 'knucklef,

upper sin fece is in the same plane. as the said point mil, said point-iorming piece having the rearward extension a-i'ljaeentthe outer edge of the head. of the point rail,

rail and hardimeta-l pOllit-folming piece together, substantially as descr bed. 2. in a movable point crossing, the compoint section has'e flan 'e base-d .on one side alining with fthebas'e enge of the nail A and. the side of the pointsection is i e'ces ased' prefembly extending the full ength of the tension of the point section, 'as illustrated- The tie'rods 6-1; are. secured to brackets 6? attached to the "point sections and rails B, as indicated in Fig. 1, although these rods may I, in a 'mov'able point'crossing, the com rail, of the movable point rails, terminating together with means for securing said point and this enten'sion preferebly situeted on; that side of the reil'adjoin-ing the-stock railAg; the end of such extension being beveled jat' rt point 1).

is e strap extending elong the side of'the. point section and fitting snugly Lin-thee ace rail, bolts beingnsed, as shown in Fi s. 3 ind 4, to firmly fasten thesegstmp pieces to the si'on with the be've ed portion on the outer;

bination, with the knuckle-forming track rail, of the movable point-rails terminating some distance on each side of the knuckle,

the hard metal point'forming piece whose upper surface is' in the same plane asthe said point rail, said point-fiorinin piece hav ing the rearward extension a jacent the outer edge of the head of the pointrail, and Whose free rear end is downwardly beveled, to ether with means for securing said point m1 7 and hard metal point-forming piece together, substantially as described.

- 3. In a movable point crossing, the com-f bination, with the knuckle-forming track rail, of the movable oint rails, terminating some distance on eac side of the knuckle, the hard metal point-forming piece, Whose upper surface is the same plane as the said point rail, said pointforini1w piece having the rearward extension adjacent the outer ed e of the head of the point rail, and

' of .two subscribing witnesses.

- WARNER B. COOKE. Witnesses:

Jos. H. KLEIN,- WM. A, BARR. 

